CCNP Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing CCNP 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.21% - 1.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.74% - 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £338 - £306
25th Percentile £342 - £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 - £338
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.59%
75th Percentile £374 - £366
90th Percentile £382 - £379
North West median daily rate £475 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -4.04% +10.00% +2.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

CCNP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 73 62 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 44.24% 31.16% 44.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 23 67
10th Percentile £189 £212 £356
25th Percentile £425 £285 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £648
90th Percentile £683 £631 £720
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 34
10th Percentile £23.48 £37.00 £41.25
25th Percentile £41.94 £37.55 -
Median hourly rate £47.12 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% - -0.43%
75th Percentile £71.45 £51.00 -
90th Percentile £79.96 £61.66 £50.18
North West median hourly rate £27.19 £42.66 £46.18
% change year-on-year -36.27% -7.62% +15.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCNP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

CCNP job vacancy trend in Lancashire

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Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CCNP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CCNP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CCNP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CCNP

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston - 1 £335 - 3
CCNP
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds